The stars were the Riddles 9Fs, of course, and most of the batch allocated there to work the Tyne Dock-Consett iron ore trains and fitted with air pumps were seen that day. The flattened exhaust over the train suggests a high speed but that's the wind's doing. D3242, D3243 (08). I don't know what was special about this shed and its workings and why the much larger tender was required. Some may have also been hand coloured in the traditional style, bringing an old scene back to life with even more realism. However, a small batch of 17 was provided with the much larger BR1B tender (4,725 gallons and 7 tons) despite this 2-6-0 having a smaller tractive effort than an ex-LMS "Black Five". My visit was on a murky day in March 1966 when there was still plenty of steam, but also locos awaiting disposal. Stourton hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy Valentine's Day offer - Save 25% off all images, use code: VALAMY25 Stock photos, 360 images, vectors and videos Enterprise Lightboxes Cart Account All images Search for images Filters All Creative Editorial Stourton Stock Photos and Images (1,148) See stourton stock video clips Quick filters: Browse our selection of vintage, retro and nostalgic black and white photographs A Riddles 4MT 2-6-0 with bits missing, No 76066. This sequence of pictures was taken in September 1966 on my last outing with a camera (except for a foul day a month later at Nine Elms when the weather was awful and the locos obscenely filthy). All these photographs are available to buy as a wide range of products, including Framed Prints in a variety of sizes and styles, Canvas, jigsaws, mugs, tea towels, cushion covers and make great gifts for relatives at Christmas, for birthdays and almost any other occasion. Looking at it now I see that the formation of the 6-coach train was two-thirds BR Mk.1 and one-third Gresleys on the later, steel-angle underframe: BSK, SO, SO*, CK, SO, BCK* (* Gresley). Black 5 No 45219 pulls away under the skew bridge with more of the yards visible on the Up side. An aerial view of Pudsey in the late 1950s. 31.10.64. 7816Filsham Manor. Ten of this Riddles class of 2-6-0s were allocated to the NE Region, some in the Newcastle area but mostly around Scarborough and Hull. This loco seemed to follow us around and we saw it several more times during the day. Steam lasted in the West Riding for another couple of years and I could have seen it during holidays but the Nine Elms encounter with filth and rust had finished it for me. March 1979. It looked as if somebody had bought it, but I have never heard any more. The Glasgow & South Western Railway built this depot, subsequently part of the LMS, to house suburban passenger tanks and goods locos. This raises several points because the Leeds-Bristol axis was a heavy carrier of parcels traffic and it would have been tempting to add vans of any kind. A general view of the shed. Download all free or royalty-free photos and images. Hi David, thanks for getting in touch and putting us right. 3rd April 1964. 4.9.65. The A3 in the background would have been 60074 Harvester or 60084 Gainsborough, one of the shed's trio at the time, these two never having gained trough smoke deflectors. We were to see five more A4s under cover, the ones sent north from King's Cross. Nearest is 3625 with a snow plough and 9774 on the tail end of which a lamp is being hung. A pity that the lens was pretty average, but then, we were only 16 years old at the time. Indeed, the prototype of the BR CCT was significantly smaller, almost the same size as the BR horsebox; redesigning it had been a smart move. On a cold Sunday early in January 1964, my school train spotting society in Leeds organised a minibus trip around a cluster of freight sheds in the North East. South Blyth was mainly J27s plus the odd 2-6-0 and on shed that day were: 65810, 65819, 65852, 65855, 65862, 65870, 65876, 65891 (J27) It looks like the old signal (of Midland Railway origin?) The main line from Oxford is passing by, a familiar scene today. Memories of Hunslet and Stourton exhibition - South Leeds Life However, if you would particularly like to buy one of these The gradient steepens here to 1:50 and despite blowing off at the safety valves, you can see the fireman throwing coal on the fire as a plume of unburned coal blasts out of the chimney. READ MORE: 17. One reason for the picture was to record the dark shape behind the tender, inside the shed. 16-3-66. Years later I discovered that the (excellent) Transacord EP on these workings had on its cover, the very same loco at the same place and so similar that it's hard to tell the two pictures apart! When BR was formed, Tyseley was given a Western Region shed code of 84E, until transfer in 1963 to the LMR when it became 2A. In the background is one of the A2s that had been re-allocated, and a cluster of lads with notebooks in hand passing by. The site has played host to a number of industrial breakthroughs, as well as royal visits, and at its peak was the workplace of a 5,000 strong workforce. 65789, 65792, 65794, 65801, 65804, 65828, 65845, 65880, 65886, 65889 (J27). An album is a way to save a selection of Frith photos, maps and memories that are of interest to you. Use them in commercial designs under lifetime, perpetual & worldwide rights. We had been advised, or so said the rumour, that an A4 had been rostered so it was disappointing to see an old friend turn up in this condition. It sits nicely next to my 56C.:). We've dug through our archive at the Yorkshire Evening Post to find these photos take you back to Leeds in 1972. old photos of stourton leeds - bilverkstedsentralen.no Under TOPS, the loco became 47416 and was withdrawn from Gateshead in March 1986 after an astonishingly short life of only of only 23 years. The turntables at Holbeck could certainly take a Britannia for I used to see them in the roundhouse and I would lean towards that option on grounds of convenience. We have no photos of Stourton, therefore we have published no local books of this location. The 8F has been turned onto the Up main line (between Leeds City-Derby-St.Pancras) and is passing under the Balm Road bridge towards Stourton. 7th August 1965. I wonder if this loco was a stand-by for the iron ore traffic? 66A Polmadie Carrying a layer of dust and grime but the clean lines do show well. I can't say that I enjoy pictures of run-down locos but 45626 Seychelles was another old friend and there's no disguising Stanier's elegant lines. Percy Main As at Corkerhill, a lot of BR Riddles designs were also here, plus fifteen of the new-fangled (and short-lived) D8500 Claytons. In the far distance on the right, a large works was owned by Clayton & Sons who assembled pipes and boilers and that still stands today. Small wonder that Tornado wows the crowds today! A final point to note is that the loco is carrying a steam-era shed plate on its nose in steam era fashion, 16C, for Derby. So when I tried again in 1966 I simply walked in, and got a shock. Possibly 31257 later. Stourton leeds hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy Free or royalty-free photos and images. :) Photo: Adam Banks. As school kids I would come here often with my brother, stand the other side of the tracks, and watch as a vertical plume of steam heralded a departure from Leeds Central. In fact historically Oldswinford was the main centre for the Stourbridge area, St Mary's Church was key to this and genealogy research in the area . With only ten on the roll and the more interesting types frustratingly inside the shed, I was nursing the film for better things later in the day. In autumn 1966, I had started at Manchester University (and not found its railway society) and on 29th October hitch-hiked to London to see friends there, and dropped in on Nine Elms shed where the shedmaster had previously refused us entry because the permit was for that day - but a few hours before the time stated.. The A4 was serviced in the usual way, and placed inside the shed, but many people turned up to see it and the foreman agreed to have the loco moved outside again so that it could be photographed. Between us we can bring the full story to our readers. Photo: Steve Banks, In BR days Farnley had a long-standing "Jubilee" in No 45581 "Bihar and Orissa" which seemed to be little used and was joined in March 1964 by No 45562 Alberta for nearly three years. Unfortunately, by 1964 the WR was beginning to lose its steam and the lustre of old was on the wane. The elegant front end and nameplate of A2 60535 Hornets Beauty, with a single chimney and smaller driving wheels, arguably slightly prettier than Peppercorn's A1. In April 1964, the train spotting societies in two secondary schools in Leeds combined for a tour of Glasgow and Edinburgh. He even developed and printed the film. Terms & Conditions of Use The Riddles "Britannia" with no name, No 70047, was one you always hoped to chance across eventually and it was disappointing and ironic to find it in this condition and after most of the class with names had already had them removed. In 1962 a diesel shed was opened at Holbeck and "Peaks" which had been housed temporarily at Neville Hill were moved across. Note the green livery, before the yellow panels were added, and the empty headcode indicator box. Download this free history of the Collection. 4F 44584 approaches Leeds City from the Derby/Holbeck direction on the south chord of the Whitehall triangle with a local, pick-up goods. A panned shot with the Brownie 127's shutter speed of 1/40sec showing plenty of motion blur in the foreground. To say that it was run down and a pride of nobody would be understating it. maps Note how the diesels were parked by the offices and the smoky steam locos further away! Some of Holbeck's "Jubilees" were still at work but they too were losing their nameplates, and beginning to get dirty. Keith Long, former signalman in Leeds, has come forward to say that the headcode was actually 1V47 which was the Sundays only 4.31pm from Bradford Forster Square, Leeds City 4.54-5.02pm to Bristol Temple Meads. I must have taken this picture on my way home for here, at Leeds City Junction, is D43 again, with a passenger train at the head of which is a BR 4w CCT. It's a windy day as Doncaster A1, No 60125 Scottish Union breasts the summit of the climb past Copley Hill shed and begins the descent towards Leeds Central station. Photo: Author. An example, methinks, of theft by spotters from locos still in service (I came across one of this ilk recently who thought that his actions somehow deserved praise). Especially sad to see were 0-6-0 tanks such as the J72 and J94 made obsolete by the diesel shunter, and the cab and bunker of former Copley Hill and Leeds Central station pilot, J50 68988. It's standing outside the old repair shop which became a nominal diesel shed. Riddles 5MT No 73122, a 67A Corkerhill loco, stands in front of the 10-road shed. 3.4.64. Photo: Steve Banks. 63341, 63403, 63414, 63440, 63451, 63479 (Q6) Plenty of snow still lay on the ground, despite the presence of so many heat-generating locos. 90061, 90082, 90217, 90344, 90479 (WD 2-8-0). The first running shed we were allowed to enter, and several of the classes were quite new to our eyes: Previously on the Malton-Pickering-Scarborough line. And finally, the front end with a Peppercorn A1 behind it, possibly 60118 Archibald Sturrock, one of the batch transferred from Copley Hill after that shed closed the previous year. I had to close with a picture of a working loco and it's a portrait of ex-GWR "Pannier" tank No 3625, also minus its number plates but carrying a snow plough. 7917North Aston Hall A modern, almost spaceship-like profile but, alas, all were withdrawn within a dozen years and more Class 20s built in their place. 81A Old Oak Common Photo: Author. Until recently Saint Mungo had been based at Copley Hill but with its closure, the stud of Peppercorns was dispersed, losing the nameplates in the process. Don't forget we also have Crewe North In truth it probably needed to have been pressed four times, such was the gloom, and the pale Gratispool negative came out very grainy. for our site. Website hand-made by Frith, since 1998. flexible offerings for business. An archive of over 60,000 images of Leeds: visit the Leodis website to browse the full collection. Here, however, is No 70054 Dornoch Firth parked in the overcast grunge of the day at Crewe South. The air pumps were on the other side. Frith photos prompt happy memories of our personal history, so enjoy this trip down memory lane A batch of pictures taken in September 1965, beginning with 4F No 44570 which is just north of Holbeck on the west chord of the Whitehall triangle where there used to be a goods yard. Paddington station Curving away to the right are the lines to Bradford, Carlisle, and Harrogate via the Leeds Northern line. 1961. To the right is the three-road repair shop, and beyond, the recently built DMU shed and fuel stores. Assistir Dortmund X RB Leipzig - Ao Vivo Grtis HD sem travar, sem anncios. 4.9.65. Generations of families have worked at the . D2163 (03). :). Also, that it was specified "4-wheel vehicles with a wheelbase of less than 15 ft must not be conveyed by this train. and I suspect that I may have been standing on the Down main line to take this picture. Taken in 1963 during my last steam-era visit to Doncaster using my brother's Brownie 127 camera, at St. James bridge. 65F Grangemouth People, me included, men, women and children rambled all over the tracks taking pictures, up to several hundred yards out for the departure, and strange as it may seem in these modern times, officialdom turned a blind eye and nobody got run over. A personal view at Doncaster taken in 1962 by my brother, Adam, with his Brownie 127 when he'd have been 12 and me 14, of A4 No 60021 Wild Swan arriving at the spotters' platform with the 3.26pm Leeds Central-King's Cross, "White Rose". The ex-NBR Holmes 2F was being withdrawn and the two here had their chimneys covered over in case of a reprieve: there were only eleven left. I borrowed a camera for the day that took 120 roll film, so the negatives are large. When we got to Tyne Dock shed, 26 locos were to be seen, dominated by ex-NER freight types, J27 0-6-0 and Q6 0-8-0. Some may have also been hand coloured in the traditional style, bringing an old scene back to life with even more realism. It closed in September. A Clayton, D8512, comes onto its home shed from the running lines alongside. 19-10-66. That's another thing we tend to forget, that before global warming winters used to be colder and snow more frequent and heavier. My notes show that 36 locos were seen, in varying conditions, among them these rarities which had been withdrawn long ago: To be honest and trying to think back, I wonder if we actually saw that trio complete or perhaps parts of them for some reason laid aside? Website hand-made by Frith, since 1998. Brand new Brish Type 4s (later Class 47) started arriving around this time and an evening would be a good time to see one, offically allocated to 34G Finsbury Park, being serviced. At Gloucester (85B)on 7th August 1965, Riddles Class 2 2-6-2T 82040 is standing in the yard outside the running shed in what appears to be unlined green livery. Peppercorn A1 No 60145 Saint Mungo, alas minus its nameplates is running into the shed yard past the coaling tower after working a special from Birmingham. This is why BR removed all the nameplates and why Nine Elms, replete with ex-SR Pacifics - Merchant Navies, West Countries and Battle of Britains, air-smoothed and rebuilt - and all incredibly filthy was such a dismal and depressing place to visit. 90434 (WD) With Holbeck's coaling stage towering over it, Sulzer Type 4, soon all of them to be called "Peaks", D.43 awaits its next duty. It was quite an exposed location and most of my visits coincided with poor weather, on this occasion, cloudy and misty. since 1860. A man with a heart of gold! In the following sequence, each chronological, oldest pictures first. 4959Purley Hall 16-3-66. Restore old photo now! The two stations, Leeds City and Leeds Central, were just above the top left corner. If anybody can explain all this I'd be pleased to hear. I wasn't much in the habit of photographic diesel-hauled trains at the time. 7th August 1965. 92060 stands in the shed yard, partly lit by a low sun. Years later I learned that Copley Hill was a fearsomely difficult shed to get round because the main entrance took you past the Foreman's office. A bonus arrived when a J94, No 68043, came by on the main running line hauling a pick-up or transfer goods. 75B Redhill Photos of Oldswinford and Wollaston in the 1950's and 1960's - Stourbridge The beautiful lines of the A4 catch the sun. Delivery Info Help Contact Us UK () It then went back to Holbeck and lasted until November 1967. Once Glasgow's premier shed for the West Coast Main Line with an allocation of Princesses and Duchesses, by early 1964 all the ex-LMS express types had just been swept away. Here are some of the pictures I took before I wandered to the main line and got sent packing. This one has the front doors still in place and a small middle cab window. Stourton Leeds Uk April 25 2022 Stock Photo 2150473149 | Shutterstock The NER-built swan-neck water column is nearby. Neville Hill used to have quite a few Gresley J39's that were used for freight and excursion traffic and in 1962, seven were still on its books. 64B Haymarket Had I known at the time, I would have been quite a bit happier! In June 1964 several Riddles 77xxx were transferred to Leeds, this one, No 77000, to Stourton and is seen passing in its direction, southwards through Hunslet. The other facts in the article were taken from the developers publicity material and taken on trust as I struggled to find other sources on the internet. We travelled by coach overnight in both directions, and during the day, visited almost a dozen sheds in and between the twp cities. Our first running shed of the day was at West Hartlepool and though quite modest, the variety was unlike any other shed visited that day with ex-NER, ex-LMS and WD 2-8-0s: 43100, 43123 (LMS 2-6-0) 68704, 69025 (J72) It wasn't the only example I saw in those last years of neglect. The loco was allocated to Stourton where the working may have originated. The same loco seen in profile, surrounded by rubbish and no sign of the crew. February 1985. 6983Otterington Hall All four were cut up soon after. It was one of Cardiff Canton's that went to Willesden and, for a while, they worked an overnight/early morning fitted freight to Leeds. 64A St. Margarets. They were recorded as part of Hunslet Remembered, a small community exhibition at Thwaite Mills in 2017. Old Photos of Stourton, Yorkshire - browse nostalgic, historic local photos online. 7029 Clun Castle berthed at Gloucester shed alongside brush Type 4 D1721. History [ edit] See the photos for this location. At its peak, during the war, it is said that over 90000 worked there. This was the itinerary, 65C Parkhead Oldswinford and Wollaston in the 1950's and 1960's. Oldswinford and Wollaston both have their own individual sense of community and are clearly much more than just outlying areas of Stourbridge. In other words, much of this scene is like it used to be, but with modern rolling stock. Out of curiosity, I wandered out along the shed yard towards many signals and the running lines and was rewarded when 92061 came storming up the gradient with a loaded train. And my pocket money didn't allow me to go mad with film anyway; we did our own printing, which was great fun anyway. There's no shed plate but 56D has been painted on for Mirfield, where it had been for some years. This was the North British Railway's largest shed and its allocation when we visited was still substantial with 67 locos to be seen, now a mixture of ex-LNER, ex-LMS and BR types, and as many diesels: 44799, 44930, 44970, 45018, 45058, 45195, 45236, 45286, 4530, 45359, D8071, D8074, D8093, D8096, D8098, D8102-3, D8110, D8112, D8115. Here's the loco crossing the running lines towards the engine shed. Not a happy sight of three Riddles 5MTs but interesting for the leading two, 73137 and 73139, both ex-Derby, had been built with Caprotti valve gear. If you have any family memories of the Copperworks please send them to info@southleedslife.com. Stourton, Leeds - Old Knostrop swing bridge and Thwaite mills 4K drone A view from the old brick & timber manual coaling plant that remained in place despite construction of a new "standard" concrete tower. The load appears to consist entirely of BR-built vehicles: BG, vanfit, vanfit, CCT. These were among the last pictures I took for university, wine, women and song beckoned. I was 15 years old and this was my first experience with a 35mm camera, kindly loaned me by one of my dad's workmates. Five were still allocated there. In 1860 Frith began supplying photos to retailers. For us lads from the North, it added to the magic of the far-distant SR. Q1 No 33012 on the turntable. 67A Corkerhill Former NBR Reid large-boilered goods 0-6-0, LNER J37, No 64623 rests outside the running shed. A Riddles 2-6-4T, No 80154 (70A), passes under the signal box with an Ordinary Passenger made up with gangwayed coaches, Bulleid and BR Mk.1. It had the smaller tender. Search from Stourton Photos stock photos, pictures and royalty-free images from iStock. An ex-SR "West Country" class Pacific graces the yard, No 34037 West Ward Ho, a visitor from Salisbury.

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